12.31.2020

The 33 Project

It’s the last day of 2020! I’ve spent a lot of time this week reflecting on the year, on my business decisions and work and trying to think ahead. As a freelancer, it’s always rocky. I never really know what I’m officially…doing. With work, with my life, with my future. This year was especially challenging, of course. That’s nothing new. It felt like the amount of time to lounge sluggishly and scroll indefinitely amplified this year. That time then spent wading through comparisons, feeling competitive with no outlet, feeling lost and unsure. It’s hard to live in that muck. But, it’s not forever. This year was a true test in understanding the mortality of all things. Of our time and choices and lives. Let’s hope we can invigorate movement and joy and active, healthy life in 2021. Here are my final recommendations for 2020:

1 / This piece on “Bro culture” was excellent. I’ve long understand the power of this subset of Americans: straight, young cis men. I think it was really pointed out to me when I saw the startling rise of Casey Neistat on YouTube. There’s…um…a lot of them. This piece is a deep dive on that subset of Americans. On the intersectional aspects of their existence and their interests. I think Patrick Wyman’s writing is especially special on the subject because it completely lacks judgement.

Here’s a closing argument from the piece I found noteworthy:

“But this kind of Bro Culture is also intimately connected to the emergence of a new kind of American ethnonationalism, rooted in its…